St. Louis Stars I Top 10 Career Batting Leaders

Team Names: St. Louis Stars, St. Louis Giants

Seasons: 12 (1920 to 1931)

Record: 579-373, .608 W-L%

Playoff Appearances: 4

Pennants: 3

World Championships: 0

Winningest Manager: Candy Jim Taylor, 320-200, .615 W-L%

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Career Top 10 Leaders

WAR Position Players †

1. Willie Wells 41.7

2. Mule Suttles 21.9

3. Cool Papa Bell 21.4

4. Branch Russell 20.2

5. Dewey Creacy 13.0

6. Wilson Redus 12.9

7. Charlie Blackwell 11.8

8. Willie Bobo 10.5

9. Mitchell Murray 9.5

10. John Henry Russell 9.2

Offensive WAR †

1. Willie Wells 35.9

2. Mule Suttles 22.9

3. Cool Papa Bell 20.4

4. Branch Russell 19.9

5. Dewey Creacy 17.2

6. Wilson Redus 16.5

7. Charlie Blackwell 12.2

8. Willie Bobo 10.0

9. Mitchell Murray 8.1

10. John Henry Russell 6.0

Defensive WAR †

1. Willie Wells 9.4

2. John Henry Russell 4.3

3. Mitchell Murray 2.0

4. Newt Allen 1.0

5. John Barnes 0.6

6. Lunie Danage 0.5

7. Ted Radcliffe 0.4

8. Dan Kennard 0.3

9. George Giles 0.2

Elmer Wilson 0.2

Batting Average

1. Mule Suttles .380

2. Willie Wells .350

3. Wilson Redus .335

4. Cool Papa Bell .325

5. Branch Russell .308

6. Dewey Creacy .306

7. John Henry Russell .288

On-Base%

1. Mule Suttles .447

2. Willie Wells .437

3. Wilson Redus .396

4. Branch Russell .393

5. Cool Papa Bell .390

6. Dewey Creacy .366

7. John Henry Russell .336

Slugging %

1. Mule Suttles .749

2. Willie Wells .611

3. Wilson Redus .557

4. Dewey Creacy .487

5. Cool Papa Bell .474

6. Branch Russell .469

7. John Henry Russell .413

On-Base Plus Slugging

1. Mule Suttles 1.196

2. Willie Wells 1.048

3. Wilson Redus .953

4. Cool Papa Bell .864

5. Branch Russell .862

6. Dewey Creacy .853

7. John Henry Russell .750

Games Played

1. Branch Russell 752

2. Cool Papa Bell 695

3. Dewey Creacy 625

4. Willie Wells 613

5. Wilson Redus 515

6. John Henry Russell 426

7. Mule Suttles 378

8. Willie Bobo 315

9. Charlie Blackwell 301

Mitchell Murray 301

At Bats

1. Branch Russell 2837

2. Cool Papa Bell 2779

3. Dewey Creacy 2370

4. Willie Wells 2299

5. Wilson Redus 1876

6. John Henry Russell 1541

7. Mule Suttles 1408

8. Charlie Blackwell 1081

9. Willie Bobo 1080

10. Mitchell Murray 910

Plate Appearances

1. Branch Russell 3256

2. Cool Papa Bell 3082

3. Willie Wells 2662

4. Dewey Creacy 2595

5. Wilson Redus 2066

6. John Henry Russell 1653

7. Mule Suttles 1580

8. Charlie Blackwell 1271

9. Willie Bobo 1254

10. Mitchell Murray 1039

Runs Scored

1. Cool Papa Bell 701

2. Branch Russell 627

3. Willie Wells 604

4. Dewey Creacy 425

5. Wilson Redus 369

6. Mule Suttles 367

7. John Henry Russell 264

8. Charlie Blackwell 244

9. Willie Bobo 237

10. Mitchell Murray 177

Hits

1. Cool Papa Bell 904

2. Branch Russell 875

3. Willie Wells 804

4. Dewey Creacy 726

5. Wilson Redus 628

6. Mule Suttles 535

7. John Henry Russell 444

8. Charlie Blackwell 366

9. Willie Bobo 357

10. Mitchell Murray 291

Total Bases

1. Willie Wells 1405

2. Branch Russell 1330

3. Cool Papa Bell 1316

4. Dewey Creacy 1155

5. Mule Suttles 1055

6. Wilson Redus 1045

7. John Henry Russell 637

8. Charlie Blackwell 564

9. Willie Bobo 543

10. Mitchell Murray 436

Doubles

1. Cool Papa Bell 172

2. Willie Wells 162

3. Branch Russell 130

4. Dewey Creacy 108

Mule Suttles 108

6. Wilson Redus 106

7. Willie Bobo 74

8. Charlie Blackwell 59

9. John Henry Russell 54

10. Mitchell Murray 53

Triples

1. Branch Russell 77

2. Mule Suttles 53

3. Dewey Creacy 48

4. Cool Papa Bell 45

5. Willie Wells 38

6. Wilson Redus 37

7. Charlie Blackwell 29

8. John Henry Russell 26

9. Willie Bobo 20

Doc Dudley 20

Home Runs

1. Willie Wells 121

2. Mule Suttles 102

3. Wilson Redus 79

4. Dewey Creacy 75

5. Branch Russell 57

6. Cool Papa Bell 50

7. John Henry Russell 29

8. Charlie Blackwell 27

9. Mitchell Murray 26

10. Willie Bobo 24

Clarence Palm 24

Runs Batted In

1. Willie Wells 595

2. Dewey Creacy 479

Branch Russell 479

4. Mule Suttles 452

5. Wilson Redus 424

6. Cool Papa Bell 353

7. Charlie Blackwell 230

8. John Henry Russell 224

9. Willie Bobo 207

10. Mitchell Murray 175

Bases on Balls

1. Branch Russell 361

2. Willie Wells 327

3. Cool Papa Bell 282

4. Dewey Creacy 202

5. Willie Bobo 162

6. Mule Suttles 161

7. Wilson Redus 158

8. Charlie Blackwell 138

9. John Henry Russell 104

10. Mitchell Murray 99

Stolen Bases

1. Cool Papa Bell 214

2. Willie Wells 129

3. Branch Russell 79

4. Charlie Blackwell 67

5. Joe Hewitt 54

6. Willie Bobo 48

Dewey Creacy 48

Mule Suttles 48

9. John Henry Russell 47

10. Doc Dudley 41

Singles

1. Cool Papa Bell 637

2. Branch Russell 611

3. Dewey Creacy 495

4. Willie Wells 483

5. Wilson Redus 406

6. John Henry Russell 335

7. Mule Suttles 272

8. Charlie Blackwell 251

9. Willie Bobo 239

10. Mitchell Murray 205

Adjusted OPS+

1. Mule Suttles 212

2. Willie Wells 177

3. Wilson Redus 151

4. Cool Papa Bell 129

Branch Russell 129

6. Dewey Creacy 126

7. John Henry Russell 98

Runs Created

1. Willie Wells 611

2. Branch Russell 515

3. Cool Papa Bell 513

4. Mule Suttles 473

5. Dewey Creacy 420

6. Wilson Redus 409

7. Charlie Blackwell 240

8. Willie Bobo 230

9. John Henry Russell 213

10. Mitchell Murray 170

Adj. Batting Runs

1. Willie Wells 263

2. Mule Suttles 221

3. Wilson Redus 133

4. Branch Russell 124

5. Cool Papa Bell 121

6. Charlie Blackwell 95

7. Willie Bobo 81

8. Dewey Creacy 80

9. Oscar Charleston 46

Mitchell Murray 46

Adj. Batting Wins

1. Willie Wells 24.8

2. Mule Suttles 20.6

3. Wilson Redus 12.7

4. Branch Russell 11.9

5. Cool Papa Bell 11.6

6. Charlie Blackwell 9.4

7. Willie Bobo 7.7

8. Dewey Creacy 7.6

9. Oscar Charleston 4.6

10. Mitchell Murray 4.3

Extra Base Hits

1. Willie Wells 321

2. Cool Papa Bell 267

3. Branch Russell 264

4. Mule Suttles 263

5. Dewey Creacy 231

6. Wilson Redus 222

7. Willie Bobo 118

8. Charlie Blackwell 115

9. John Henry Russell 109

10. Mitchell Murray 86

Times On Base

1. Branch Russell 1272

2. Cool Papa Bell 1199

3. Willie Wells 1162

4. Dewey Creacy 948

5. Wilson Redus 818

6. Mule Suttles 705

7. John Henry Russell 556

8. Charlie Blackwell 534

9. Willie Bobo 531

10. Mitchell Murray 412

Offensive Win %

1. Mule Suttles .882

2. Willie Wells .82

3. Wilson Redus .751

4. Cool Papa Bell .684

5. Branch Russell .664

6. Dewey Creacy .657

7. John Henry Russell .533

Hit By Pitch

1. Branch Russell 36

2. Tullie McAdoo 33

3. Wilson Redus 32

4. Willie Wells 31

5. Charlie Blackwell 30

6. Mitchell Murray 22

7. Joe Hewitt 21

8. Dewey Creacy 20

9. Doc Dudley 16

10. Dan Kennard 14

Sacrifice Hits

1. Tullie McAdoo 51

2. Eddie Holtz 29

3. Doc Dudley 28

4. Charlie Blackwell 22

Branch Russell 22

6. Joe Hewitt 20

7. Sam Mongin 19

8. Dan Kennard 14

9. George Scales 13

10. Dick Wallace 12

Power-Speed #

1. Willie Wells 124.9

2. Cool Papa Bell 81.1

3. Branch Russell 66.2

4. Mule Suttles 65.3

5. Dewey Creacy 58.5

6. Wilson Redus 53.1

7. Charlie Blackwell 38.5

8. John Henry Russell 35.9

9. Willie Bobo 32.0

10. Mitchell Murray 28.3

AB per HR

1. Mule Suttles 13.8

2. Willie Wells 19.0

3. Wilson Redus 23.7

4. Dewey Creacy 31.6

5. Branch Russell 49.8

6. John Henry Russell 53.1

7. Cool Papa Bell 55.6

Outs Made

1. Branch Russell 1984

2. Cool Papa Bell 1883

3. Dewey Creacy 1647

4. Willie Wells 1500

5. Wilson Redus 1248

6. John Henry Russell 1097

7. Mule Suttles 875

8. Charlie Blackwell 737

9. Willie Bobo 723

10. Eddie Holtz 654

rOBA †

1. Cool Papa Bell .401

2. Branch Russell .395

Rbat+ †

1. Cool Papa Bell 129